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Language: English
Published by Medieval Institute Publications, 2010
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Paperback. With the METS editions of Everyman (2008), Mankind (2010), and The Castle of Perseverance (2010), this volume completes the presentation of the five surviving Middle English morality plays. In addition to the texts of The Pride of Life (the earliest of the surviving morality plays) and Wisdom (which is unusual for the size of its cast and the fact that it survives in multiple copies), Klausner's edition includes two appendices which provide the texts of primary sources for the two plays as well as appropriate music (liturgical music, song, and dances) which may have accompanied performances, especially Wisdom. In addition to the texts of The Pride of Life (the earliest of the surviving morality plays) and Wisdom (which is unusual for the size of its cast), this edition includes two appendices which provide the texts of primary sources for the two plays as well as appropriate music which may have accompanied performances, especially Wisdom. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Two Moral Interludes (Paperback)
- Author
- David N. Klausner
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1580441343
- ISBN 13
- 9781580441346
Set within the morality play tradition―in which allegorized man struggles against sin through temptation, fall, and redemption―this edition presents two of the Middle English dramas. The fragmentary Pride of Life dates from the late fourteenth century, the oldest of the five English morality plays (the others are The Castle of Perseverance, Mankind, and Everyman). It dramatizes a prideful King’s disdain of his wise counselors as he battles with Death, and is unique for addressing only one of the seven deadly sins. The fifteenth-century Wisdom portrays Anima (an allegory for the human soul) in her marriage to Wisdom (an avatar of Christ), and Lucifer’s subsequent attempts to corrupt Anima and her attendants, the five senses and three mental faculties. David Klausner’s edition supplements both plays with glosses, annotation, historical context, textual provenance, and dramaturgical discussions of costuming and staging. An appendix details the music that could have accompanied the plays in live performance.
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